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22 June 1897
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22 June 1897 is a 1979 Marathi film, co-written by Shankar Nag and Nachiket Patwardhan and directed by the husband and wife team of Jayoo Patwardhan and Nachiket Patwardhan. The duo are also practising architects and it is based on the true life story of the assassination of British Government officers Rand ICS and Lt. Ayerst. The film has included in the book One Hundred Indian Feature Films, An Annotated Filmography. The title of the film is the date of the assassination,22 June 1897 and it won the 1980 Indian Silver Lotus at the National Film Awards in two categories, Best film on National Integration and Art Direction. It also won the 1980 Maharashtra State awards for best film of the year, the film has been included in the selected collection of Indian films and videos in the US Library of Congress. Most of the performers in the film belonged to Theatre Academy. Pune was visited by the pestilence of bubonic plague which took a toll of life. But the plague had another, indirect and far reaching consequence on the politics of the country, the behaviour of the military which was called out to deal with the situation arising from the pestilence caused great indignation. The climax scene is the shooting, after the party finished. As Rand came out, he gave the signal, another boy began running with the carriage. As he reached the spot where Damodar, Balkrishna and others were waiting, Balkrishna jumped on the carriage and shot the occupant. It was Ayerst whom he had killed, when Rands carriage came to the spot, Damodar climbed on it and shot Rand. Ayerst was killed on the spot, and Rand died in hospital on 3 July 1897, the film was the directorial debut of Jayoo and Nachiket Patwardhan, commissioned by the National Film Development Corporation of India on a shoestring Rupees 350,000 budget. Jayoo Patwardhan scouted for locations in Wai and Pune for the look, poring over scores of photographs obtained by her grandfather. The film was entirely on locations in Pune, Wai and Mumbai in March. The co-director considers the film a piece of history with huge archival value. The dialogues I wrote were brief and simple, just like the script demanded, Damodar Haris narration of the shooting differs from the events as shown in the film. The brothers Damodar Hari and Balkrishna Hari selected a spot of Ganeshkhind road, each armed with a sword and a pistol
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Ace in the Hole (1951 film)
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Ace in the Hole is a 1951 American film noir starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper. The story is an examination of the seedy relationship between the press, the news it reports and the manner in which it reports it. The film also shows how a gullible public can be manipulated by the press, without consulting Wilder, Paramount Pictures executive Y. Frank Freeman changed the title to The Big Carnival just prior to its release, early television broadcasts retained that title, but when aired by Turner Classic Movies—and when released on DVD by The Criterion Collection in July 2007—it reverted to Ace in the Hole. Chuck Tatum is an ambitious, self-centered, wisecracking, down-on-his-luck reporter who has worked his way down the ladder. He has come west to New Mexico from New York City, along the way having been fired from eleven newspapers for libel, adultery, and heavy drinking, among other charges. Now that his car has broken down and Tatum is broke, he talks his way into a job for the Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin. Tatum stays sober and works there uneventfully for a year, then while unhappily on assignment to cover a rattlesnake hunt, he learns about Leo Minosa, a local man who has become trapped in a cave collapse while gathering ancient Indian artifacts. Lorraine, the wife, goes along with the reporters scheme. She is eager to leave Leo and their business, a combination trading post. Thanks to the publicity Tatum generates, she experiences a financial windfall, Herbie Cook, the newspapers young photographer, slowly loses his idealism as he follows Tatums lead and envisions himself selling pictures to Look or Life. The rescue site literally becomes a carnival, with rides, entertainment, songs about Leo and he takes up with Lorraine and is greeted heroically by the crowd each time he returns from visiting poor Leo in the cave. After five days of drilling, the party ends abruptly. Tatum has mistreated Leos wife once too often as well, Tatum gets the local priest, and takes him into the cave to administer Last Rites. Tatum has neglected to send copy to the New York editor and he calls the editor and tries to confess to killing Leo by delaying the rescue, but the editor hangs up on him. Tatum barely reaches his old office in Albuquerque and he enters calling for publisher Booth. As Booth walks out of his office to deal with him, but before he can say any more to Booth, Tatum falls dead on to the floor. Kirk Douglas as Chuck Tatum Jan Sterling as Lorraine Minosa Robert Arthur as Herbie Cook Porter Hall as Jacob Q, the first involved W. Floyd Collins, who in 1925 was trapped inside Sand Cave, Kentucky, following a landslide
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Adam (1983 film)
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Adam is a 1983 American television film starring Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams. It aired on October 10,1983 on NBC, on its original air date, it was seen by an audience of 38 million people. It was rebroadcast on April 30,1984, and again on April 29,1985, the 1985 photograph series was introduced by President Ronald Reagan in a pre-recorded message. maybe your eyes can help bring them home. A sequel, Adam, His Song Continues followed on September 29,1986, also starring Travanti and Williams. The first part of the film portrays the story of the kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh on July 27,1981, along with the effects of this event on the marriage of John and Revé Walsh. The second part of the focuses on the Walshs attempts to pass national child protection laws in the wake of Adams murder. The film was written by Allan Leicht and directed by Michael Tuchner, filming of the movie was conducted in and around Houston, Texas. The scenes portrayed at the Hollywood Mall of Hollywood, Florida were filmed at the now-defunct Westwood Mall in Houston, the Sears store where some scenes were filmed is still standing. The three broadcasts of Adam were followed by pictures and descriptions of missing children as of each of the respective broadcasts, a hotline was also active, to take calls regarding the children. This was ultimately credited with finding 13 of 55 children from the 1983 broadcast, including future rapper Bizzy Bone, and 19 of 51 children shown in the 1984 broadcast. As of two days after the 1985 showing,3,522 calls had been made to the hotline, jim Gibbons Alex Harvey as Det
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Adaptation (film)
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Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy-drama metafilm directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. The film is based on Susan Orleans non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, Adaptation had been in development as far back as 1994. Jonathan Demme brought the project to Columbia Pictures with Kaufman writing the script, Kaufman experienced writers block and did not know what to think of The Orchid Thief. Finally he wrote a script based on his experience of adapting the book into a screenplay, Jonze signed to direct, and filming was finished in June 2001. Adaptation received awards at the 75th Academy Awards, 60th Golden Globe Awards, Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, while Kaufman won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The work was ranked in a British Film Institute poll as one of the thirty best films of the 2000s, the self-loathing Charlie Kaufman is hired to write the screenplay adaptation for Susan Orleans The Orchid Thief. Kaufman is going through depression and is not happy that his twin brother, Donald decides to become a screenwriter like Charlie and attends one of Robert McKees famous seminars. Charlie, who rejects formulaic script writing, wants to ensure that his script is a adaptation of The Orchid Thief. However, he comes to realize that the book does not have a usable narrative, already well over his deadline with Columbia Pictures, and despairing at writing his script with self-reference, Charlie travels to New York City to discuss the screenplay with Orlean directly. Charlie ends up asking Donald to join him in New York to assist with the story structure, Donald pretends to be Charlie and interviews Orlean, but is suspicious of her account of the events of her book because she acts as though she is lying. He and his brother Charlie follow Orlean to Florida where she meets John Laroche and it is revealed that the Seminole wanted the ghost orchid in order to manufacture a drug that causes fascination – Laroche introduces this drug to Orlean. After Laroche and Orlean catch Charlie observing them taking the drug and having sex, Orlean forces Charlie at gunpoint to drive to the swamp, where she intends to kill him. Charlie and Donald escape and hide in the swamp, where they resolve their differences and Charlies problems with women, fleeing, Charlie and Donald drive off but crash into a rangers truck – Donald dies in the accident. Charlie runs off into the swamp to hide but is spotted by Laroche, however, Laroche is killed by an alligator before being able to kill Charlie. Charlie makes up with his mother, tells his former love interest Amelia that he is still in love with her and it ends with Charlie in a voice-over announcing the script is finished and that he wants Gérard Depardieu to portray him in the film. Variety reviewed the film as if Donald were a real person, Cage took the role for a $5 million salary, and wore a fatsuit during filming. Streep expressed strong interest in the role of Susan Orlean before being cast, John Turturro was approached to portray John Laroche. Cooper strongly considered turning down Laroche, but accepted it after his wife urged him to, albert Finney, Christopher Plummer, Terence Stamp and Michael Caine were considered for the role of Robert McKee, but McKee personally suggested Brian Cox to filmmakers
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Aftermath (2012 film)
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Aftermath is a 2012 Polish film written and directed by Władysław Pasikowski. The film is a contemporary drama and it takes place in the fictional village of Gurówka in 2001. The story begins with the return of Franciszek Kalina to his hometown in rural Poland after having lived in Chicago for decades, Józef is gathering the tombstones everywhere in the settlement and moves them into his own field to survive from oblivion. Against the growing opposition of the residents, the Kalina brothers attempt to learn more about what happened to the Jews of the village. Their personal relationship, harsh after the brothers met, warms, the older priest blesses the brother and urges him to continue gathering the tombstones while the new one, to head the parish soon, displays no sympathy for Jews. Franciszek discovers in an archive that his father along with other men of the village got the land that had been owned by Jews before the war. He is eager to study the truth, after speaking to some of the oldest residents in the village, they later realize that half the residents murdered the other half. This discovery results in a fight and split between the brothers after a dispute about the bones of the Jews they found the night before. Józef, after learning that their own father was involved in the murder of the Jews who were burned to death in the familys former house. In their fight, Franciszek comes close to killing his brother Józef but Franciszek stops himself, puts the ax down, the shocked villagers stand around in silence. Grosss account of the Jedwabne massacre was a development for Poles, accustomed to seeing themselves as victims during World War II. Nationalists opposed to these findings accused Gross of anti-Polish slander and misrepresenting the historical truth, at the same time though, it inspired among Poles a new curiosity in Polish Jewish history, including for Pasikowski. Pasikowski stated, The film isnt an adaptation of the book, which is documented and factual, over the course of about a decade, Pasikowski struggled to have the film produced. He encountered difficulties securing financing for his script and struggling with how to best approach what is, for many Poles. Ultimately, it took seven years for producer Dariusz Jabłoński to receive backing from the state fund for Aftermath. Aftermath was the first feature produced by Pasikowski in a decade. In Poland, the film reignited the controversy about the nature of the Jedwabne massacre, the film was praised by government officials and leading cultural figures, including culture minister Bogdan Zdrojewski, filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, and Polish film historian Malgorzata Pakier. Conversely, many of typical spectators were infuriated, the movie was condemned by nationalist politicians, banned in some towns and excoriated on the Internet
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Agatha (film)
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Agatha is a 1979 British drama thriller film directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton, and written by Kathleen Tynan. The Technovision film focuses on renowned crime writer Agatha Christies famous 11-day disappearance in 1926, the film opens as Agatha Christie gets a silver cup engraved for her husband Archie, who receives the gift with utter disdain. The couple walks to a publicity event for Agatha’s new novel and they are tailed into the venue by American reporter Wally Stanton. The next morning, Archie demands a divorce, saying he loves his secretary Nancy Neele and that night, Agatha drives off from the house and gets into an accident. The next morning, the police find her wrecked car, the press flock to the accident scene and learn that Christie left a letter for her secretary, prompting speculation of suicide. Agatha arrives by train in Harrogate and takes a cab to the Old Swan Hotel and she registers as Theresa Neele from Cape Town. In the lounge, another guest, Evelyn Crawley notices Agatha’s ripped stockings, Agatha makes a note later to “use” Crawley. The next day, Agatha begins receiving treatments at the Royal Baths, meanwhile, the newspapers are publishing front page stories about Agatha’s disappearance. The police wonder why Archie is not helping with the search for his wife and she reveals that Agatha left her a coded message in The Times advertisements. The ad leads Stanton to the hotel in Harrogate and he makes a big show of checking in while Agatha is on the phone at the front desk. In the billiards parlor, Stanton helps Agatha make a winning triple bank shot and he introduces himself as Curtis Shacks Jr. an American seeking treatment for constipation. They spend the evening together, and he makes a pass at her, in his room, he types up notes about her behavior. Agatha researches the various spa treatments such as the galvanic bath and she asks the attendants to explain how they avoid making a fatal mistake with the equipment. Stanton follows Agatha to an electronics shop and begins to work out what she is up to. Agatha peruses a manual for the Bergonic chair and begins to experiment with the rheostat and she also poses as a staff member on the phone and reschedules Nancy’s appointment for an earlier time. Agatha is shown rigging the controls for the Bergonic chair as Nancy undresses for her appointment, when Nancy enters the treatment room, Agatha calls out from hiding to say that the nurse is not there. She asks Nancy to turn on the electricity, having deduced Agatha’s plan, Stanton is urgently searching for the room where Nancy’s appointment is. Nancy flips the switch, causing a massive spark, Stanton follows the sound of Nancy’s scream to find her all right, but that behind a curtain, Agatha is sitting in the Bergonic chair
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints
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Aint Them Bodies Saints is a 2013 American romantic crime drama film written and directed by David Lowery. The film stars Casey Affleck as Bob Muldoon, Rooney Mara as Ruth Guthrie, Bob and Ruth are a couple who become involved in criminal activities and are caught, with Bob taking the blame and going to prison. The film follows the events after the activities as Ruth gives birth to their daughter. When the child is four, Bob escapes from jail. The film debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Cinematography Award in the U. S, dramatic Category and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It was selected to compete in the International Critics Week section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and it was released on August 16,2013, by IFC Films. The film received positive reviews overall, with praising its original take on the Bonnie and Clyde archetype. Ruth Guthrie is walking across a field and is followed by Bob Muldoon, Ruth is adamant and reveals that she is angry at Bob because he supposedly told Freddy that he was going to strike out on his own. Bob reassures her that isnt the case, that he meant the both of them. They reconcile and Ruth reveals she is pregnant, later that night Bob and Freddy commit a crime while Ruth waits in the getaway car. The police, including Patrick Wheeler, goes in pursuit of the culprits, Bob concocts a plan to take the fall for shooting Patrick and the crime committed earlier so that Ruth can raise their child in freedom. Bob and Ruth surrender their weapons and they are apprehended and Bob jailed. Ruth tells Skerrit, Freddys father, that she is going to wait for Bob, Bob writes several letters to Ruth while he is in jail, promising to be back with her and their child soon, and admonishes her to write to him. Their letters are read by officials before they are passed on to either Ruth or Bob. Meanwhile, Ruth gives birth to their daughter, Sylvie, years pass as Ruth and Sylvie live a normal life in the small town of Meridian, Texas. Patrick, who does not know it was Ruth that actually shot him, notices Ruth and Sylvie around town, one day, Patrick makes a visit to Ruths residence and tells her that Bob has escaped from prison. The local detective questions Ruth as to Bobs whereabouts, and Ruth tells him that Bob has not come to visit her, meanwhile, Bob is traversing the state of Missouri in order to escape the authorities. He coerces a woman to him to a location and then gets a train back to Texas
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Albert R.N.
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Albert R. N. is a 1953 British war film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Anthony Steel. The British inmates of a prisoner-of-war camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail, one of the prisoners makes a dummy which they christen Albert and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards. The film is based on a true story, Albert R. N. was a dummy constructed in Marlag O, the prisoner of war camp in northern Germany for naval officers. Albert was used as a stand-in for a head count while an escaped and was used on two separate occasions. Unfortunately, Mewes was recaptured in Lübeck and returned to Marlag camp, the second occasion was unsuccessful, when the escaping PoW was discovered hiding in the camp shower block and Albert was discovered in the subsequent searches. Worsley made a new Albert for use in the film, john William Goble RN. aided Worsley in the development of Albert in the POW camp, Marlag O and acted as technical adviser for the film. Worsely made a third Albert for the exhibition of his work held in Brighton Colleges Burstow Gallery. After the show, it was donated to the Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth, guy Morgan and Edward Sammis, who were British POWs, wrote a play based on the story on which this film was based. This was subsequently adapted into a screenplay, Anthony Steel and Jack Warner were both lent to producer Daniel Angel by the Rank Organisation. Both had previously appeared in POW movies, The Wooden Horse, a POW camp was built on Headingley Heath. At one stage the film was going to be called The Spare Man, Lewis Gilbert says the film earned its money back in the United Kingdom. Albert RN at the Internet Movie Database
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Albino Farm
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Albino Farm is a 2009 horror film written and directed by Joe Anderson and Sean McEwen. The film opens in the town of Shiloh, where two boys on bicycles ride through the woods up to the gates of the legendary Albino Farm. The oldest goes in and the youngest stays outside, the oldest boasts he isnt scared of anything, and then a figure leaps out and drags him into the woods. The film cuts to Stacey, Melody, Brian, and Sanjay driving down a forest road, working on a research project about backwoods American customs. They almost hit someone, whom they take to be a young boy. To their sudden fright, the child out to be a dwarf who turns his head. When they walk back to their SUV, they see they have a flat tire and they keep driving until they see a gas station with a redneck man out front, who is blind. They talk to him and he talks eccentrically and incoherently, with a biblical turn and they acquire a tire to replace the flat one, Brian, the jerk of the group, deliberately underpays the blind man. The students continue their trip and stop at a tent pitched in a field. Melody and Brian head up to investigate and are greeted by another redneck with a harelip who tells them about the Albino Farm, theres a revival meeting in the tent, and the harelipped man strongly suggest that they receive salvation. The foursome keeps driving until they reach the town of Shiloh. They stop at a diner and eat, as night falls, theyre served by a friendly, buxom waitress whom Brian and Sanjay knock themselves out over until they note that she has deformed hands, with clawlike fingers. Retreating to a room, Stacey and Sanjay enter to see the woman breastfeeding a hideously deformed baby. Meanwhile, Melody and Brian ask a small boy, who communicates via chalkboard and he tells them to ask a group of unruly and somewhat disgusting teens in a car. There they meet Levi and his two friends, who agree to take them to the Albino Farm for twenty-five dollars. After a minor argument, Melody reluctantly agrees, and they head off to the Albino Farm, the teens drive crazily, causing Melody to vomit. They stop in front of the gates to the farm and get into an argument, a fight between Levi and Brian breaks out and the teens drive away after flipping them off. Brian and Melody enter an old house and Brian sees a person and chases after them, Brian gets his leg caught in a bear trap
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Alien Thunder
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Alien Thunder is a 1974 Canadian western film directed by Claude Fournier and starring Donald Sutherland. Based on a story, the movie follows a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who wants to give an Indian a fair trial for the murder of a fellow officer before he winds up being executed. The movie was not a financial success, Dan Candy Gordon Tootoosis as Almighty Voice Chief Dan George as Sounding Sky Kevin McCarthy as Sgt. Malcolm Grant Jean Duceppe as Inspector Brisebois Francine Racette as Emilie Grant Jack Creley as Arthur Ballentyne - Indian Agent James OShea as Edouard John Boylan as Cpl, Alien Thunder at the Internet Movie Database Alien Thunder is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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All About Eve
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All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It was based on the 1946 short story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr, the film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, a young fan who insinuates herself into Channings life. George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Barbara Bates, Gary Merrill, and Thelma Ritter also appear, praised by critics at the time of its release, All About Eve received 14 Academy Awards nominations and won six, including Best Picture. All About Eve is the film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations. All About Eve was selected in 1990 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry and was among the first 50 films to be registered, All About Eve appeared at #16 on AFIs 1998 list of the 100 best American films. Margo Channing is one of the biggest stars on Broadway, but having just turned forty she is worried about what her advancing age will mean for her career. After a performance of Margos latest play, Aged in Wood, Margos close friend Karen Richards, wife of the plays author Lloyd Richards, brings in a fan, Eve Harrington. She tells a story of growing up poor and losing her young husband in World War II. Moved, Margo quickly befriends Eve, takes her into her home, and hires her as her assistant, leaving Birdie, Eve quickly insinuates herself into Margos life, acting as her secretary and adoring fan. She seems to anticipate Margos every need, including placing a long phone call to Bill when Margo forgets his birthday. Margo becomes increasingly distrustful and bitter, particularly after she catches Eve trying on one of the costumes for Aged in Wood, Margo asks her producer, Max Fabian, to hire Eve at his office, but instead Eve manages to become Margos understudy without Margos knowledge. As Margos irritation grows, Karen feels sorry for Eve, in hopes of humbling Margo, Karen arranges for her to miss a performance of Aged in Wood, so Eve will have to give the performance in her place. Eve invites the citys theatre critics, including the acerbic Addison DeWitt, to attend that evenings performance, Eve tries to seduce Bill, but he rejects her. Instead, Addison takes her under his wing and writes a column that criticizes Margo for not making way for new talents like Eve and that evening, Margo and Bill announce their engagement at dinner with the Richardses. Before Karen can talk with Lloyd, Margo announces to everyones surprise that she does not wish to play Cora, now, Eve exults, Lloyd will write brilliant plays showcasing her. Angered that Eve believes she can manipulate him as easily as she does everyone else and her real name is Gertrude Slojinski, she was never married, and she had been paid to leave her hometown over an affair with her boss, a brewer in Wisconsin. Addison blackmails Eve, informing her that she not be marrying Lloyd or anyone else, in exchange for Addisons silence
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All This, and Heaven Too
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All This, and Heaven Too is a 1940 American drama film made by Warner Bros. -First National Pictures, produced and directed by Anatole Litvak with Hal B. The screenplay was adapted by Casey Robinson from the novel by Rachel Field, the music was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernie Haller. Rachel Fields novel is based on the story of Fields great-aunt, Henriette Deluzy Desportes. When Praslins wife, the Duchesse, was murdered, Henriette was implicated and it was a real-life scandal that brought down Frances King Louis-Philippe in 1848. Mademoiselle Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, a French woman, starts teaching at an American girls school and she is confronted by the tales and gossip about her that circulate among her pupils and, thus provoked, she decides to tell them her life story. Deluzy-Desportes is governess to the four children of the Duc de Praslin, as a result of the Duchesses constantly erratic and temperamental behavior, all that remains is an unhappy marriage, but the Duc remains with his wife for sake of their children. Her warmth and kindness wins her the love and affection of the children and their father and she is forced to leave and the Duchess refuses to give her a letter of recommendation to future employers. The Duc confronts his wife and she invents alternate letters taking opposite attitudes and her account enrages him and, at the breaking point, he kills her. The Duc de Praslin is in a position, as a peer his case can only be heard by other nobles. With the Ducs death, the authorities accept that they have no evidence upon which to base a judgment that Henriette solicited the murder and she is released. Deluzy-Desportes had been recommended for the position in the land of the free by an American minister, Rev. Henry Field. He proposes marriage, and it is implied that Henriette will accept, leMaire Henry Daniell as Broussais Walter Hampden as Pasquier Ann Gillis as Emily Schuyler Marilyn Knowlden as Marianna Van Horn The film was positively reviewed by critics. For the Warners are here handing out a tear-laden old-fashioned drama—and a very heavy one, variety called it film theatre at its best. Film Dailys headline announced, Dramatically powerful, beautifully mounted and superbly cast, harrisons Reports wrote, A powerful drama, with a strong appeal for women. The production is lavish, and the direction and performances are of the highest order, john Mosher of The New Yorker wrote that Litvak had swung the viewer into the historical setting with all the romantic, profuse gusto at his command. I think a few of the scenes of governess and children might have been elided, for, with the sinister doings in the background, in general, though, the long picture seems short, which, of course, is something very much in its favor. All This, and Heaven Too placed fifth on Film Dailys year-end nationwide poll of 546 critics naming the best films of 1940. A successful, but expensive costume drama, it was nominated for three Academy Awards, Best Picture, ONeil was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and Ernest Haller for Best Cinematography
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Alone yet Not Alone
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Alone yet Not Alone is a 2013 American historical adventure drama film directed by Ray Bengston and co-directed by George D. Escobar, starring Kelly Greyson, Jenn Gotzon, and Clay Walker. The film is labeled as a Christian movie. It was awarded the 5 Dove seal of approval from The Dove Foundation, Alone yet Not Alone also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2013 for its title song, Alone yet Not Alone, though the nomination was rescinded two weeks later. The film was given a release on September 27,2013 in nine markets. By the end of its run on October 11, Alone yet Not Alone had grossed $133,546 in the domestic box office. The film received a release on June 13,2014. The title song was performed by well-known evangelical Christian author Joni Eareckson Tada and written by Bruce Broughton, Not everyone agreed with the Academys actions
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Alpha Dog
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Johnny Truelove is a young marijuana dealer living in Southern California. His father, Sonny, supplies him with marijuana, which Johnny distributes to his gang of friends, including Jake Mazursky, Jake makes a failed attempt at asking his father Butch and stepmother Olivia for the money. Meanwhile, Butch and Olivia are dealing with their rebellious teenage son Zack, a fight breaks out between Jake and Johnny when the former tries to pay Johnny only part of his debt. After back and forth retaliation, Johnny and his friends, Frankie and Tiko, go to confront Jake in person, but when they arrive at his house he is nowhere to be found. As they leave, they find Zack walking on the side of the road, wanting a break from his home life, Zack makes no effort to escape. Johnny pawns Zack off on Frankie, who offers him a chance to leave, Zack stays with Frankie at his fathers house and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. The next day, Zack ingratiates himself with Frankies friends Keith Stratten, Susan Hartunian, Frankie grows nervous when Johnny tells him that they could get in serious trouble for the kidnapping and hypothetically offers him $2,500 to kill Zack. Frankie furiously declines and Johnny claims it was a joke, instead, he agrees to Frankies plan to pay Zack to keep quiet. Johnny calls his associate Elvis Schmidt and offers to erase his debt if he kills Zack, Frankie and his friends still believe Zack will be returning home that night and throw a raucous going away party. Zack has a time at the party, and later goes skinny dipping with Julie and her friend Alma. After the party Julie gives Zack her number, and Alma gives him a kiss on the cheek. Elvis arrives at the hotel where Zack is waiting to be picked up, when Frankie leaves Elvis takes Keith to dig a grave. Frankie offers Zack a final opportunity to escape, but believing that he is now a part of the group, meanwhile, Sonny, Cosmo and their lawyer confront Johnny, who refuses to call off the hit. When Elvis and Keith return to the hotel, Elvis and Frankie go outside to talk, Frankie, reluctant because of the friendship he has formed with Zack, finally relents when Elvis tells him they could face life in prison if Zack tells someone what happened. Frankie, Elvis, Zack and Keith arrive at the grave site, Zack is not aware of whats going on but grows suspicious when a saddened Keith tells Frankie he cant go through with it and goes to wait in the car after giving Zack a goodbye hug. When Zack sees the grave, he begins to break down, Frankie tells Elvis they shouldnt go through with it, but Elvis is keen on the job hes been given. Frankie calms Zack down, and ties him up with duct tape, Elvis then knocks Zack into the grave and shoots him multiple times with an automatic Mac-10, killing him. Zacks body is three days later
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The Alphabet Killer
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The Alphabet Killer is a 2008 thriller-horror film, loosely based on the Alphabet murders that took place in Rochester, New York between 1971 and 1973. Eliza Dushku stars as the character, alongside Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley. The film is directed by Rob Schmidt, director of Wrong Turn also starring Dushku and written by Tom Malloy, Megan Paige is an investigator for the Rochester Police Department investigating the murder of a young girl named Carla Castillo. Her body was found in the village of Churchville, New York with white cat hair on it. Against opposition of her colleagues and boyfriend Kenneth Shine, Megan insists that the murder is a work of a serial killer, despite Megan’s considerable efforts she fails to catch the killer. Stress and obsession of the investigation causes Megan to hallucinate the victims image and she ultimately has a nervous breakdown after being kicked off the case and unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide. Following two years of treatment and attending a support group headed by a wheelchair-bound man named Richard Ledge. Following a similar murder of young girl, Wendy Walsh, whose body is found in Webster with some white cat hair on it. Partnered with Steven Harper, they try to find links between the girls, then another girl, Melissa Maestro, is killed in Macedon. They find a number of commonalities between Wendy and Melissa, but fail to connect these to the first victim. The Webster Police Department, which has jurisdiction over the latest murder but are uncooperative, receive a call from 19-year-old Elizabeth Eckers who is being held hostage in a house, Megan is convinced the suspect is not the Alphabet Killer and breaks procedure to preempt a police raid. Megan almost defuses the situation, but an officer shoots the suspect through a window, Webster police declare that the Alphabet Killer is dead and announce the discovery of white cat hair in the house. Megan spirals into another nervous breakdown, certain that the Webster police planted the evidence in order to justify killing an innocent, Megan continues the investigation on her own. Megan discovers that all three girls attended St. Michaels Church in Rochester, still suffering from hallucinations of the victims, Megan visits the church and tries to question the pastor, but suffers another breakdown and is hospitalized. Megan escapes the hospital and takes refuge in Ledges home, there, she finds out that he used to work as the math teacher for the St. Michaels Church, which finally reveals that he is the Alphabet killer. Before she can act, he leaps from his wheelchair - having only pretended to be disabled -, Ledge knocks her unconscious and drives to a remote spot near the Genesee River to drown her. Before Ledge can inject her with a sedative and dump her in the river, Megan breaks free and, after a struggle, Ledge falls into the river just past a large waterfall - though its unclear if he is dead or not. Unsure whether Ledge is dead and confused by her surroundings, Megan is driven by the situation to another, longer breakdown
